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Percival Goodman architectural records and papers, 1929-1989

46 document boxes
Percival Goodman (1904-1989) was an Americam architect, teacher, urban planner, artist and writer. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, Goodman achieved renown as one of the most prolific synagogue architects in the United States and was instrumental in the development of a critical discourse around the building of modern religious architecture. The collection consists of project records, drawings, models, photographs, slides, professional correspondence and contracts, articles and unpublished manuscripts, teaching and lecture notes and personal and professional memorabilia, such as architectural licenses and certificates, as well as articles and clippings about his work.
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Professional Awards & Certificates of Membership [1 of 2], 1950s-1970s Box 02, Folder 01

Central Education Center Architectural Competition, City of Providence, Rhode Island (1963 Oct 22
) ; Professional Member, Guild for Religious Architecture (1966 Apr 4) ; Diploma, Participation as Observer, Xth
Member, Guild for Religious Architecture, Professional Member (1977 Jul 6) ; Honorary Member, Interfaith

The Architect's Oath, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) ; Certificate of Fellowship, AIA (1954 Mar 18) ; Appreciation for Participation in International Exhibition, AIA (1958) ; Member, New York Society of Architects (1958 Mar 4) ; Sustaining Firm, New York Chapter, AIA (1960) ; Fellow, International Institute of Arts and Letters (1961 Nov 4) ; Monetary Award, Classical Central Education Center Architectural Competition, City of Providence, Rhode Island (1963 Oct 22) ; Professional Member, Guild for Religious Architecture (1966 Apr 4) ; Diploma, Participation as Observer, Xth. World Congress of International Union of Architects, Argentine Federation of Architects Association (1969 Oct 25) ; Distinguished Member, Council of Educational Facility Planners (1969-70) ; Membership, National Institute for Architectural Education (1974 Dec 4) ; First Prize, Excellence in Design, for Administration Bldg.-Queensborough Community College, by Chamber of Commerce of Borough of Queens (1976) ; Award of Merit, for P.S. No. 57 Staten Island, Institutional Structure,[Concrete Industry](1977) ; Certificate of Appreciation, Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team, in Knoxville, TN (1979 Mar) ; Honorary Member, Guild for Religious Architecture, Professional Member (1977 Jul 6) ; Honorary Member, Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art & Architecture (IFRAA) (1979 Apr).

  1. Series I: Personal Material and Professional Memorabilia
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Wesley Clair Mitchell papers, 1898-1953

22.5 linear feet

Professional correspondence, diaries, unpublished articles, lecture notes, abstracts, and other manuscripts by Mitchell. Subjects include economic theory and its history, business cycles, money, national planing, anthropology and psychology, and published material by Mitchell and others.

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Greene & Greene architectural drawings and records, 1896-1931

4,800 drawings
The American architectural firm Greene & Greene was a partnership between the brothers Charles Sumner Greene (1868-1957) and Henry Mather Greene (1870-1954). The firm, established in 1894, was officially dissolved in 1922, after which the two practiced independently. They were active in Southern California and were part of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. During the years 1907-1909 the Greenes created some of their most renowned residences, including the Blacker, Gamble, Pratt, and Thorsen houses. They also designed interiors, creating furniture, lighting, carpets, and stained glass for their clients. Greene & Greene architectural drawings and records spans the years circa 1896 to circa 1963. The collection chiefly consists of architectural drawings (approximately 4,800) and also includes photographs, personal papers, and other manuscript material. Access to digital images of all the architectural drawings and to selected photographs are provided in the finding aid.
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Unidentified bank, [1906] Range nyda.1960.001.00262-.00271

[Preliminary drawings for] bank competition [graphic] / [Greene & Greene]
10 drawings : various media ; 55.9 x 71 cm. (22 x 28 in. or smaller.

[Preliminary drawings for] bank competition [graphic] / [Greene & Greene]

  1. Series I: Architectural Drawings
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Alfred Neumann architectural records and papers, 1900-1985, bulk 1950s-1960s

8 document boxes
Alfred Neumann (1900-1968) was a Czech architect with an international career. Most of his major projects were executed in Israel; his earlier work consisted mainly of private residences for Czech clients, as well as commercial and residential architecture undertaken with various firms or government bodies in Paris, Berlin, Algiers, and South Africa. Neumann devoted a substantial portion of his career to teaching and to research into architectural morphology, theories of proportion, polyhedral structures, and architectural space as pattern. He taught at both the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) in Haifa, and the Université Laval in Quebec. He participated in CIAM (Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne), Groupe Espace, and other architectural groups throughout his career. This collection consists mainly of project drawings and photographs, personal and professional correspondence, Neumann's writings and research, papers related to Neumann's membership in CIAM, and publications related to his projects. The bulk of the material dates from Neumann's later career and concerns projects and research undertaken while Neumann was in Israel.
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Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 22, no. 1, January, 1964 Box 6, Folder 4

Journal of the Association of Engineers and Architects in Israel, vol. 22, no. 1, January, 1964
Natanya town hall competition, pages 12-16 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English)

Natanya town hall competition, pages 12-16 (Hebrew language periodical, with limited English)

  1. Series VII: Publications
  2. Subseries 1: Articles about projects (periodicals)
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Douglas Putnam Haskell papers, 1866-1979-(bulk 1949-1964).

56 Linear Feet
Douglas Putnam Haskellan (1899-1979) was an American writer, architecture critic and magazine editor. This collection contains correspondence, memos, articles, speeches, lectures, transcripts, clippings, notes, printed matter, photographs, audiotapes, and memorabilia mainly relating to Douglas Haskell's editorship at Architectural Forum and his professional activities. The collection includes items dating from 1866 to 1979, with the majority of materials dating from the period of 1949 to 1964.
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AIA Architectural Competitions Data Box 25, Folder 3

AIA Architectural Competitions Data
Architectural Competitions: These documents are issued by The American Institute of Architects for
MAJOR ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITIONS 1935-1950, The Architectural Forum. 1950; Mimeographed typescript

Newsletter of The American Institute of Architects, #444, February 21, 1972.; Newsletter. 20 pp. Includes 1972 AIA Convention registration form for Houston, May 7-10.

  1. Series II: Personal Correspondence

Stone, Edward D.—NY (2 folders), 1950-1952, 1954-1962 Box 21, Folder 2 to 3

[The Architectural Forum]. undated.; Proof. pp. [84-87]. "A New Public Architecture." Re Edward
article about their New Delhi Embassy titled "A New Public Architecture." Makes suggestions for changes in
Durell. December 22, 1960; Sorry could not make DH's Christmas party.

DH to Edward Durell Stone. 1962; Invitation to join Dowtown St. Louis Round Table meeting to be held May 15 and 16.

  1. Series I: Pending Correspondence

Rudolph, Paul, 1950-1962 Box 18, Folder 4

Garage; Art & Architecture Building at Yale; Boston Government Center.
Architecture." Comments on showing film. Remarks on reaction to film at Washington convention. Mentions shot in
April 20 talk. Mentions Architectural Record portfolio. Will keep his proposal in mind.

Lightbown, Mary Jane to Peter Blake. 1962; Memo. Re work of Paul Rudolph including: New Haven Garage; Art & Architecture Building at Yale; Boston Government Center.

  1. Series I: Pending Correspondence
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Competition entry for the Washington Monument, Union Square, New York City, 1843

1 drawing

Presentation drawing of the front elevation. In pen and ink with wash and watercolor on paper (mounted on linen, 22 7/8" x 37 1/8").

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Jaroslav Šváb archive, 1928-1968

5 Linear Feet

Jaroslav Šváb's collection of his book design and illustration work, a working archive which he assembled throughout his career, containing the bulk of his life's work. The material was largely drawn upon for the illustrated monographJaroslav Šváb, published in 1966, at the time of his first large retrospective exhibition in Prague. Spanning the period 1928 until the late 1960s, the archive contains approximately (650) items, including printing samples and specimens, test printings, alternate variations, publisher's ephemera, and original renderings

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METROPROJECT Design Portfolio, Circa 1970 Box 4, Folder js-520

to the national competition to design the logo for the new Prague Metro underground railways networks
Svab's hand showing possible color variations, (22) typographical font variations printed as silver

Paper portfolio with various penciled notations in JS's hand, containing the artist's complete submissions the Dopravni Podnik Hlavniho Mesta Prahy [Prague Public Transport Company] as Švab's submission to the national competition to design the logo for the new Prague Metro underground railways networks which were then under construction by Soviet construction crews. Containing various pencil sketches, (8) complete logo variations laid-down as silver print photographs on paper, a sheet of painted variations in Svab's hand showing possible color variations, (22) typographical font variations printed as silver prints, and a letter from the Public Transport Commission. This was Švab's final design project for a state-controlled entity

  1. Series III: Books, Monographs, Pamphlets, Ephemera
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Julian Clarence Levi architectural drawings and papers, 1895-1963

16 manuscript boxes
The Julian Clarence Levi collection documents the life and activities of a twentieth century American architect and philanthropist. The collection consists of watercolor study drawings developed while Levi was a student at Columbia University and the École des Beaux Arts; architectural drawings, photographs and records for architectural projects designed and developed in association with his partner Alfred S. Taylor from 1907 until 1962; professional papers from various committees and societies Levi was associated with; personal papers and photographs, including documentation on his family and office, his academic and professional recognitions, public events, travels and social gatherings as a former Columbia alumnus; and various prints and photographs of buildings and European artists collected by Levi throughout his life.
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Scrapbook 2 [documents American Institute of Architecture (AIA)], 1913-1968 Box 28

Scrapbook 2 [documents American Institute of Architecture (AIA)], 1913-1968
Book No.2. Index: 1) AIA American Institute of Architecture, 2) Chartres Window Restoration, 3) AIA
Travelling Scholarship competition 1921-22, 7) Julian Levi donor of French Travelling Scholarship for

Book No.2. Index: 1) AIA American Institute of Architecture, 2) Chartres Window Restoration, 3) AIA New York Chapter, 4) Westchester County Society of Architects, 5) AIA Brooklyn Chapter 1940, 6) LeBrun Travelling Scholarship competition 1921-22, 7) Julian Levi donor of French Travelling Scholarship for students (also in Scrapbook 1), 8) Delano Aldrich Scholarship, Carlos Lazo, 1943, 9) AIA Exhibit of American Architecture at Paris Salon, 1921, 10) AIA Exhibit of the Royal Institute of British Architects RIBA, London 1921, 11) Tenth International Congress of Architects, Brussels 1923, 12) Twelfth International Congress of Architects, Budapest, 1930, 13) AIA The Octagon Journal 1935-36, 14) Fourteenth International Congress of Architects, Paris, 1937, 15) Fifteenth International Congress of Architects, Washington, 1939, 16) First Congress of the International Union of Architects UIA, Lausanne, 1948, 17) Second Congress of the International Union of Architects UIA, Casablanca, 1951, 18) Third Congress of the International Union of Architects UIA, Lisbon, 1953, 19) Fifth Pan American Congress of Architects, Montevideo, 1940, 20) Sixth Pan American Congress of Architects, Lima, 1947, 21) Seventh Pan American Congress of Architects, Havana, 1950, 21) Eighth Pan American Congress of Architects, Mexico City, 1952. English and Spanish newspaper clippings. English, Spanish and French newspaper clippings.

  1. Series IV: Personal Papers and Photographs
  2. Sub-series 9: Scrapbooks
Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Andrew Alpern Collection of Edward Gorey Materials, 1954-2019

21.5 linear feet
A collection of original artwork, published books, printed ephemera, and branded merchandise by the writer and artist Edward Gorey (1925-2000), assembled by Andrew Alpern.
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Scrapbook 2, 1954, 1975-1982 Box 18, Folder 1, Item 417

emerges as the admirable Gorey," by Diane Judge, NYPost, Oct 22, 1978 9. "Edward Gorey" by Sally A. Lodge
Designed in Goreyland," by Phyllis Funke, Los Angeles Times, Sept 24, 1978 12." The Great Bore Competition
set from Gorey Stories at Lord and Taylor 22. "And the subject is: Style" by Linda Stevens 23. "People

1. "Les Mystères de Constantinople," The New York Review of Books, February 20, 1975 et seq 2. "Edward Gorey's Tantalizing Turns of the Screw" by Selma Lanes, New Boston Review, Vol 1, No. III 3. "Edward Gorey Inhabits an Odd World of Tiny Drawings, Fussy Cats and `Doomed Enterprises'," People Weekly, July 3, 1978 4. Sales of Furs to Men Gaining as Season Starts by Barbara Ettorre [with Gorey illustrations], New York Times 5. New York Times article on men in furs with Gorey photograph 6. "He fancies furs for men" by Eugenia Sheppard, [Gorey photo and drawing] New York Post, Oct 26, 1978 7. Small article on Gorey's fur coats, New York Magazine April 30, 1979 8. "That oft-passing, silent stranger emerges as the admirable Gorey," by Diane Judge, NYPost, Oct 22, 1978 9. "Edward Gorey" by Sally A. Lodge, Publishers Weekly, November 26, 1982 10. Photocopy of TLS, 26 November 1966 11. "A House for Count Dracula Designed in Goreyland," by Phyllis Funke, Los Angeles Times, Sept 24, 1978 12." The Great Bore Competition," by Patricia Arbuthnot, House and Garden, June 1984 13. Title page drawing, The New York Review of Books Christmas Issue, December 16, 1982 14. Title page and other drawings, New York Times Book Review Christmas, November 25, 1979 15. Ad for "What Nigel Knew" 16. Two original photos of TV screen showing Gorey on Dick Cavett show 17. "If everybody lived forever . . .," by Mike Lipton [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, July 12, 1980 18. "The Darkwater Hall Mystery" by Kingsley Amis [Gorey drawing] Playboy, May 1978 19. "`Gorey Stories,' Exquisite Playlets," by Mel Gussow, New York Times, December 1977 20. "New Tales of Gore(y)" by Frances Herridge, New York Post, October 19, 1978 21. "What's in Store" photo of Gorey and set from Gorey Stories at Lord and Taylor 22. "And the subject is: Style" by Linda Stevens 23. "People: Edward Gorey and his flying Chinese dogs," Women's Wear Daily, September 3, 1978 24. Three small clippings relating to Gorey Stories 25. "`Gorey Stories' could drive an author and a director batty," by John Corry, New York Times June 23, 1977, w/ ad 26. Caricature of Gorey Stories cast, City News, October 29, 1978 27. "Gorey Story a Dull Evening" by John Correy, City News, October 31, 1978 28. "Staged `Gorey' looks pale," by Clive Barnes, New York Post, October 31, 1978 29. `Gorey Stories' [notes that the show closed Monday night] Women's Wear Daily, November 1, 1978 30. A Gorey Halloween ad for program on Channel 7 31. "And the subject is: Style" by Linda Stevens, New York Post, October 22, 1978 32. Book mark for NY State Small Press Assoc. with Gorey drawing 33. "Edward Gorey: A Taste for the Terrible," by Dale Harris, The Soho Weekly News, October 26, 1978 34. Postcard advertising Gorey Stories 35. Postcard advertising exhibition of drawings and sketches for Gorey Stories at Gotham Book Mart 36. Double-sided page of Gorey Stories reviews, issued by Gotham Book Mart 37. Four Christmas greeting cards with Gorey drawings, published by Book-of-the-Month Club, 1954 38. Two Christmas greeting cards (w/ envelopes) 39. "Artists' Greetings," The New York Times Magazine, December 24, 1978 40. Four promotional flyers for events produced by the Mohonk Mountain House and Murder Ink in 1977, 1978, 1981 and [undated] 41. The Happy Ending: The Best of National Lampoon #4 42. I want to say knockwurst [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, November 20, 1982 43. Announcement of film benefit at Gotham Book Mart 44. "And `G' Is for Gorey Who Here Tells His Story," by Jan Hodenfield, New York Post, January 10, 1973 45. Exhibition announcement card and print price list issued by Gotham Book Mart 46. "A Very Tragic Story Including Five Big Dance Numbers" [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, December 11, 1976 47. "Mr. Nice Guy . . . By a Wire" [Gorey drawing], TV Guide, February 19, 1977

  1. Series IV: Clippings and press, 1954-2019
  2. Subseries IV.1: About Gorey, 1954-2015
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Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers, 1913-1986, bulk 1930-1980

22 manuscript boxes
The Wallace K. Harrison architectural drawings and papers consists of architectural drawings, photographs, correspondence, notes, speeches, manuscripts, press releases, clippings, memoranda, printed material, job lists, curriculam vitae, contracts, articles, and other material related to Harrison's architectural projects. The collection also contains a significant amount of material regarding Harrison's position as director of the Office of Inter-American Affairs, director of planning of the United Nations Headquarters and biographical material. Approximately a third of the collection is made up of photographs. Photographers include Wendy Barrows, Shirley Burden, George Cserna, Y[uzo] Nagata, and Ezra Stoller, among many others. There is also a collection of 148 art books that belonged to Harrison referred to as his "doodle books." A list of these books with brief descriptions of where Harrison drew in them is contained in the finding aid. Projects documented include Lincoln Center, Metropolitan Opera House, Rockefeller Center, Albany Mall (Empire State Plaza), United Nations, X City, ALCOA building, Corning Glass building, First Presbyterian Church, La Guardia Airport, Socony-Mobil building, Battery Park City, Radio City Music Hall, New York World's Fair (1939 and 1964), Institute for Advanced Study, National Academy of Science, Pahlavi National Library Competition, Oberlin College's Hall Auditorium, Pershing Memorial, Rockefeller University, Hopkins Center, The Anchorage, Avila Hotel, and numerous other buildings and residences.
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